Revelation 4

Berean Standard Bible

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John sees a door open in heaven and hears a trumpet-like voice inviting him to look at future events. Being in the Spirit, he observes a throne with someone seated upon it, surrounded by an emerald-like rainbow, flashes of lightning, and peals of thunder. Twenty-four elders wearing white garments and golden crowns sit on surrounding thrones, while seven fiery torches burn before the central throne alongside a crystal-clear sea of glass. Four winged living creatures, covered with eyes and resembling a lion, a calf, a man, and a flying eagle, continuously declare the holiness of the Lord God Almighty. Whenever these creatures offer glory and honor to the one on the throne, the twenty-four elders fall down to worship, cast their crowns before him, and proclaim his worthiness as the creator of all things.

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¹After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.” ²At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. ³The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne. ⁴Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads. ⁵From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God. ⁶And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back. ⁷The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. ⁸And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” ⁹And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, ¹⁰the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying: ¹¹“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

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